Re: Problems with PG_DUMP and restore

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>

> Richard,
> > Try having a look at the order the tables get inserted esp. with
> > regard to
> > any foreign keys etc. - I'm not sure pgdump is that clever about such
> > things.
>
> Thanks. I did try that; however:
> 1. Even trying re-loading the tables twice did not work, as it should
> have with missing foriegn keys.
> 2. I did not see any Unmatched Reference errors in the log, as I
> typically do with missing keys.
>
> Further, I *was* able to re-load the database from a unitary pg_dump
> file ... one that includes both DDL and data. It's just when I split
> the pg_dump into two files -- one for DDL, one for data -- that it
> fails.
>
> BTW, I'm using 7.1RC2

Was there not some fix to pgdump in 7.1.1?

Yep -
pg_dump fixes (Philip)
pg_dump can dump 7.0 databases (Philip)

Might be worth a quick upgrade & see what happens.

Failing that, it isn't something to do with permissions and pgdump
connecting as various users?

- Richard Huxton